Debut novel

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My first novel, Saints and Sinners, was published in June 2010 by Black & White Publishing which, as you’d expect, was a thrilling prospect. I’d waited almost forty-four years to achieve this ambition but it was worth the wait.

The novel is ‘a fast-paced historical thriller set in Victorian Glasgow which brilliantly captures the desperation and poverty in the Irish immigrant community of the city’s East End.’

These are not my words although I couldn’t have put it better myself. Saints and Sinners is told through the varying perspectives of the three main characters – a fugitive, a priest and a prostitute: two brothers and the woman they both love.

It’s a compelling story of love and betrayal, obsession and faith – and the consequences of trying to run from the past.

But if you don’t believe me, then listen to these guys…

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“An assured, brilliantly paced first novel. This is a story that has all the charm of its always-intriguing hero and builds to a climax that is gripping, powerful and explosive. Cuddihy has a talent for plot and an enviable poise in drawing authentic characters facing the crises of love and death.”Hugh MacDonald, The Herald

“Like Patrick Magill’s modern classic, Children of the Dead End, Paul Cuddihy’s debut novel Saints and Sinners is a brilliant fusion of family drama, political thriller and historical romance.”Professor Willy Maley

“A robust novel of heady times in a rough city. Cuddihy’s characters and story feel like history, not fiction. Yet Saints and Sinners has all the drama and forward thrust of a movie.”Chris Dolan